Accessory provided with means to organize various wrench sockets

ABSTRACT

A hand tool accessory comprises a tool tray and a plurality of measuring members, each being located in an insertion slot of the tool tray and having a measuring block corresponding in size and shape to a wrench socket. The measuring block of each of the measuring members is provided with a measuring hole corresponding in size and shape to a screwdriver tip.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates generally to a socket wrench, and moreparticularly to an accessory for organizing the sockets of the socketwrench in a manner to facilitate the selecting of a desired socket.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The socket wrench is generally provided with a number of cylindricalsockets which fit over a number of nuts or bolts of specific sizes andshapes. The user of the socket wrench is often annoyed by a situation inwhich the size and the shape of a nut or bolt to be worked on is notknown to the user. As a result, it is very time-consuming for the userof the socket wrench to select a socket in conformity with a specificsize and shape of the nut or bolt. The situation becomes more acute whenthe nut or bolt is located at a hard-to-reach area in which there is avery limited space for the user of the socket wrench to maneuver.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a hand toolaccessory comprising a board which is provided with a plurality of slotsfor holding tips of screw or nut drivers, as well as measuring members.Each of the measuring members is provided with a measuring block of aspecific size and shape. The measuring block is provided with ameasuring hole of a specific size and shape. The measuring block isintended to measure the size and the shape of a wrench socket, whereasthe measuring hole is intended for measuring the size and the shape of ascrew driver tip or nut driver tip.

The features and the advantages of the present invention will be morereadily understood upon a thoughtful deliberation of the followingdetailed description of a preferred embodiment of the present inventionwith reference to the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows an exploded view of the preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 2 shows a schematic view of the preferred embodiment of the presentinvention in combination.

FIG. 3 shows a side schematic view of the preferred embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIG. 4 shows a schematic view of the preferred embodiment of the presentinvention at work.

FIG. 5 shows another schematic view of the preferred embodiment of thepresent invention at work.

FIG. 6 shows still another schematic view of the preferred embodiment ofthe present invention at work.

FIG. 7 shows still another schematic view of the preferred embodiment ofthe present invention at work.

FIG. 8 shows a schematic view of a support frame of the presentinvention.

FIG. 9 shows a schematic view of a magnet of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

As shown in FIGS. 1-3, a tool tray 1 of the preferred embodiment of thepresent invention is provided in proximity of one side thereof with ahanging hole 11 to facilitate the hanging of the tool tray 1. Located inproximity of the hanging hole 11 are two clamping seats 12 which areused to hold a handle 2 of the socket wrench. The tool tray 1 is furtherprovided with a plurality of locating pillars 13 which are of varioussizes and are circularly arranged. Each of these locating pillars 13 isused to hold a socket 3 which has a fitting end 31 of a specific shape,such as E shape, large R angle, small R angle, hexagon, etc. The tooltray 1 is further provided with a raised disk 14 which is in turnprovided at the center thereof with a locating pillar 13 for holding achuck 4 of a screwdriver tip 5. The raised disk 14 is further providedwith a plurality of receiving slots 15 of various sizes andcircumventing the locating pillar 13. The receiving slots 15 areintended to hold the screwdriver tips 5, each having a head end 51 of aspecific shape, such as ring shape, cruciform shape, slotted shape,hexagonal shape, E shape, etc. The raised disk 14 is further providedwith a plurality of insertion slots 16 which are of various sizes andare circularly arranged. Each of the insertion slots 16 is providedtherein with a position-confining guide slot 17. A plurality ofmeasuring members 6 are held in the insertion slots 16. The measuringmembers 6 have a main body 61 which is provided in the periphery with aprojection 62 corresponding in location to the guide slot 17 of theinsertion slot 16. The main body 61 is provided with a measuring block63 corresponding in size and shape to the fitting end 31 of the socket3. The measuring block 63 is provided with a measuring hole 64corresponding in size and shape to the head end 51 of the screwdrivertip 5. The measuring member 6 is received in the insertion slot 16 suchthat the projection 62 of the measuring member 6 is inserted into theguide slot 17 of the insertion slot 16, thereby enabling the measuringmember 6 to be secured in place in the insertion slot 16. The tool tray1 is provided in the back thereof with a support frame 18 capable ofswiveling.

As shown in FIGS. 3-5, the measuring holes 64 have various shapes inconformity with the shapes of the fitting ends 31 of the sockets 3. Whena worker is to unfasten a nut 7 in a narrow space, the worker may usethe measuring member 6 of the tool tray 1 to measure the nut 7 by tryingto fit the measuring hole 64 over the nut 7. The main body 61 of themeasuring member 6 is provided with a specific size mark printedthereon. If the measuring member 6 fits over the nut 7, the worker canselect the socket 3 corresponding in size to the measuring member 6. Thesocket 3 is then mounted on the wrench handle 2 to unfasten the nut 7.

As shown in FIGS. 3, 6, and 7, the measuring blocks 63 of the measuringmembers 6 are of various shapes corresponding to the shapes of the headends 51 of the screwdriver tips 5. When the worker is encountered with asituation calling for the work of unfastening a bolt 8 having a headwith a hexagonal slot 81, the worker may use the measuring member 6 ofthe tool tray 1 in such a manner that the measuring block 63 of themeasuring member 6 is fitted on a trial basis into the hexagonal slot 81of the head of the bolt 8. If the measuring block 63 fits, the workercan tell the size which is marked on the main body 61 of the measuringmember 6. Accordingly, the size of the hexagonal slot 81 of the bolt 8is thus knows to the worker, who can then select the right chuck 4 andthe screwdriver tip 5 to unfasten the bolt 8 in conjunction with thehandle 2.

As shown in FIG. 8, the support frame 18 of the tool tray 1 of thepresent invention is so swiveled as to tilt the tool tray 1 tofacilitate the removing of a desired element from the tool tray 1 by theuser of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 9, the tool tray 1 of the present invention is providedin the underside with a horizontal seat plate 19 which is in turnprovided in the underside thereof with a magnet 20. The tool tray 1 ofthe present invention can be thus attached to a metal object by means ofa magnetic attraction of the magnet 20.

The embodiment of the present invention described above is to beregarded in all respects as being illustrative and nonrestrictive.Accordingly, the present invention may be embodied in other specificforms without deviating from the spirit thereof. The present inventionis therefore to be limited only by the scopes of the following claims.

1. A hand tool accessory comprising a tool tray and a plurality ofmeasuring members, each being located on said tool tray and having ameasuring block corresponding in size and shape to a wrench socket, saidmeasuring block being provided with a measuring hole corresponding insize and shape to a screwdriver tip.
 2. The hand tool accessory asdefined in claim 1, wherein said tool tray is provided with a raiseddisk mounted thereon whereby said raised disk is provided with aplurality of insertion slots of various sizes; wherein said measuringmembers are located in said insertion slots of said raised disk of saidtool tray .
 3. The hand tool accessory as defined in claim 2, Whereinsaid insertion slots are provided in an inner wall with a guide slot;wherein said measuring members are provided in an outer wall with aprojection corresponding in location to said guide slot whereby saidmeasuring members are located in said insertion slots of said tool traysuch that said projection of said measuring members is inserted intosaid guide slot of said insertion slots of said tool tray .
 4. The handtool accessory as defined in claim 2, wherein said raised disk of saidtool tray is provided with a plurality of receiving slots for locating aplurality of screwdriver tips of various forms.
 5. The hand toolaccessory as defined in claim 1, wherein said tool tray is provided witha plurality of locating pillars for locating a plurality of wrenchsockets of various sizes and shapes.
 6. The hand tool accessory asdefined in claim 1, wherein said tool tray is provided with a hanginghole to facilitate the hanging of said tool tray.
 7. The hand toolaccessory as defined in claim 1, wherein said tool tray is provided inan underside with a support frame fastened pivotally therewith.
 8. Thehand tool accessory as defined in claim 1, wherein said tool tray isprovided in an underside with a seat plate and a magnet whereby saidmagnet is fastened to an underside of said seat plate.
 9. The hand toolaccessory as defined in claim 1, wherein said tool tray is provided witha plurality of clamping seats for holding a socket wrench handle. 10.The hand tool accessory as defined in claim 2, wherein said raised diskof said tool tray is provided with a locating pillar for locating achuck which is used to hold the screwdriver tip.